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10 Best Movies Like The Fanatic

If you loved The Fanatic, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Fan

The Fan

1981★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fanatic for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced with rejection, the fan strikes out in increasingly violent ways....

#2
Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fanatic for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigi...

#3
Maniac

Maniac

2012★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fanatic for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface....

#4
Chuck & Buck

Chuck & Buck

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fanatic for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Chuck and Buck are childhood best friends whose lives have taken very different paths. While Chuck moved away and now has a real life, Buck stayed behind and developed a dangerous ...

#5
Following

Following

1999★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fanatic for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when h...

#6
The Prowler

The Prowler

1981★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fanatic for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier ho...

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